place
Pergae
also: Perga
Perge, an old Greek city of Pamphylia on the Cestrus river, famous for its great sanctuary of Artemis Pergaea. Verres stripped the temple's gold during his Cilician legateship (Verr. 2.1.54). Birthplace of Artemidorus (Cornelius the doctor).
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 12.14 §8 Pergē, 29 May.
Perga (Latin Perga/Pergae) was a city of Pamphylia; the letter is dated four days before the Kalends of June (= 29 May), 43 BC.
- Ad Familiares 12.15 §7 The fourth day before the Nones of June, at Perga.
The dating postscript: 2 June 43 BC (the fourth day before the Nones, counted inclusively), from Perga in Pamphylia. Section 7 was added later than the body, dated four days before the Kalends.